because you don’t ‘own’ the site, it can be sold many, many, many times over meaning it is not unique to you or your business

What is a custom build website?

A custom build website is just that, a site that’s conceived, planned, designed and built specifically for your business.The whole process is usually delivered by an agency who have specialist skills in user experience, design and development – as all three of these aspects require different expertise.

What are the benefits of a custom website?

the site will match the needs of your business, building the site around your content

it will be built using the latest code structure and standards making it much more secure and better for SEO

the level of customisation is endless, with the ability for the site to really match your brand identity and other marketing collateral

because it has been built from the ground up, as your business grows and changes, it is no problem to add to and adapt the site to meet future needs

the content management system will be really intuitive because of the use of something called ‘custom fields’ which make it easy to upload text, images and video to your site and change it with no fuss – thus reducing time and cost for amends and updates

it will be tested on multiple browsers and devices with any issues or bugs fixed by the agency delivering the site

it is much more future-proof and therefore more cost efficient because of the way that it has been built meaning you don’t need to invest more money every 12 – 18 months in a new site

it is completely bespoke and therefore unique to your business

What are the drawbacks of a custom website?

it takes much longer to build a custom website because everything is bespoke – from the planning workshops to the delivery of the whole site which means you might wait 8 – 16 weeks for the site depending on size and complexity

it will naturally cost more than a template as everything is being created specifically for you

you will need to invest more time through input and feedback for the agency delivering the project

So which one is best?

Well you can see from the list that there are far more drawbacks with a template than with a custom build.The cynics amongst you may believe this is because we develop bespoke websites and we’re trying to dissuade people from using templates – and you’d be right!If we wanted to, we could buy a bunch of templates and knock them out for clients, charge £1000 and do fifteen a week…….but we don’t do that, we don’t take the easy route, and you have to question why?

Because they are not the best thing for our customers.We know that there will be multiple issues and it won’t deliver against your objectives.If we didn’t build it and we can’t sign our name to it, if we can’t stand by it, we won’t touch it.

We add value to clients by helping to extend their brand online in a way that everyone associated with the business and the project can be proud of.If you are looking for a professional, robust, well designed, functional and secure website then we can definitely help you.If you’re looking for a quick, cheap and easy solution then there are a huge number of freelancers or less qualified agencies that can help.